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4 Things We Loved at Milan Fashion Week Today: The Return of Gemma Ward and More

September 18, 2014 6:20 PM

From the surprise return of a real runway favorite at Prada to the one Fashion Week invitation that actually helped us get ready in the morning, day two of Milan was heavy on the surprises. Here, the highlights from our itinerary:

1. Moschino’s unexpectedly useful invitation. The branded, Barbie-like hot pink plastic comb came in very handy for those of us who forgot to pack a hairbrush.[#image: /photos/58915be5e8e3104f57c72c10]|||Moschino Invite|||

3. **Angelos Bratis’**s deceptively simple bias-cut dresses: It’s incredibly difficult to make things look easy. Bratis (who won 2011 Italian _Vogue’_s Who Is On Next? competition) presented a collection inspired by the Greek painter Yiannis Moralis’s abstract erotic scenes, and, at an appointment today in the designer’s studio, the clothes possessed all of the loose, languid ease of minimalism done right. Slip one on and pretend you’re making your way to your favorite Aegean island: You won’t need anything else.[#image: /photos/58915be758aa89a00d542f7d]|||Angelo Bratis|||

4. Gemma Ward opens Prada. ​The runway and editorial favorite broke out of a six-year retirement (she has since held roles in films like The Strangers and The Great Gatsby) to stride out in front of the heaps of purple sand at Prada’s spring 2015 show. If we didn’t audibly gasp, it was because we were too busy swooning. Welcome back, Gemma